Impbovement in boot heels



i J. H. GREENLBAP.

BooT HEEL No. 59.908. Patented Nov. 2011866.

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IMPROVEMENT vIll BOOT HBELS.

J. H. GREEN LEAF, CF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF i ANn ISAAC N. DANN, or SAME PLAGE. Leners Patent Ne. 59,908, elated November 2o, 1866.

SPECIIFICATION. T o'A'LL wHoM 1T MAY 'coNcEnNe i Be it known that I, J. H. GREEELEAF, of New Haven, in the county of New `Haven, andState of Oonnec-jf A ticut, have invented a new Improvement in Heels for Boots and Shoes; ,and I do hereby declare the following, e when takenin connectionwith the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be .a full, clear7 and exact description-of the same,'and which said drawings constitute part of Vthis specication,

and represent in Figure 1, aside view. Figure 2, a top view. Figure 3, a bottom view, and in Figure 4a vertical section'on line :n 2:., Y Y e My invention relates to the construction of a metallic heel for boots and shoes, and consists in the peculiar construction whereby `it is made to receive an India-rubbei` face for the purpose of giving elasticity to the heel;

and that others may be enabled to construct and apply my improvement, Twill. proceed to describethe same'as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A'is the outer shell or'surface of the heel; B an upper plateformed upon the said shell, and provided with holes, a, by which it is secured to the boot or shoe this upper plate shouldl be made concave to correspond to` i the lform of the sole `at that part of the boot. 4C is a plate xed within, or made a.- part of the shell A; at a little distance fromsthe lower edge of the shell, through this plate C, holes d are formed, corresponding to but larger than the holes .a the `shell `andtwo plates are formed from metal cast in the usual'manner for casting other articles. Through 'the holes'd, when the heel is placed in its pro'per position, the requisite nails or equivalent device arel inserted into the holes a, to secure the heel to theV boot or shoe. That part ofthe fshell below the plate C', is of dovetailform, as seen at f, g. 4; so that when the heel is secured to the boot orshoe, a piece of Y India rubber, D, may be inserted into the space below the plate C, and securely held therein, as seen'in iig. 4; the rubber shouldbe a little thicker than the depth of the shell to the plate C, that is to say, sothat the rubber shall project below the shell, as seen in fig. 4; this gives an elasticity to the `heel which gives it a great advan tage over ordinary heels. The outer siirface of the heel may be finished byjapanning or otherwise. I nd it j in large heels advisable to make the plate C concave upon its under side so thatA the rubber wlil spring into the concavity, and be thereby more Vsecurely-held in its position. By India rubber, as ,used for the face of the heel, I mean to be understood as including any of `its allied gums or other elastic substances.,V

I do not broadly claim e'metallic heels as of my invention; neither do I broadly claim a metallic case Ior heels when the same is filled with other material, as see the patent of Warner, Hedgkins & Travers, July 1, 1840; but what I do claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i The heel constructed as herein described, that -is to say, by the combination of the shell A, the plates. B

and C, and the elastic face'D, substantially as herein set forth. p

' JOSEPH H. GREENLEAF.

' Witnesses:

JOHN EARLE, ALrsin J. Timms. 

